[vdr] Re: Feature request: suspend output

[Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>]

I demand that Tony Houghton may or may not have written...

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> I just don't like the idea of that CPU power being wasted when nobody's
> watching it but VDR needs to be left on in case there's a timer set, and
> because there's no easy way to activate it when the machine's effectively
> headless.

You /could/ write a shutdown script which schedules an at job for a few
minutes before the timer event is due.

> So could there be an option to turn the output on and off with the remote's
> power button, but leaving VDR running in the background in case there's a
> timer event - and of course to turn the output back on when the power
> button is pressed again? Maybe it could also turn the receiver off because
> I heard their power consumption isn't exactly low and they get quite warm.

ISTM that that would be more generally useful - there's an obvious use of
this with output plugins.

> OTOH it occurred to me that I could probably do the next best thing by
> switching to a radio station when I'm not watching it.

Maybe :-)

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